On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 12:25:21AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote: > >> > On 1st sight, logs look fine: >> > >> > [21:52:52] <lautriv> [ 6.050967] ieee80211 phy0: 88w8361p v4, >> > 00173f3bdde3, STA firmware 2.1.4.25 >> > >> > But WLAN connection is not that fast and stable as lautriv reports >> > (several abnormalities were observed). >> > >> > I requested a tarball which includes: >> > * dmesg (Linux-3.3.3) >> > * e_n_a (/etc/network/interfaces) >> > * ifconfig output >> > * iwconfig output >> > * iw_phy output >> > * ps_axu (WPA) output >> > >> > lautriv will be so kind to be around on #linux-wireless/Freenode the >> > next days (UTC+2: German/Swiss local-time). >> > Just ping him. >> > >> > Hope you have fun, together! >> > >> > - Sedat - >> >> A new tarball from lautriv with same outputs as before, but now tested >> with Linux-3.4-rc4. [ CC hauke (OpenWrt) and Ben Hutchings (linux-firmware maintainer) ] > The output looks good enough for me to ACK adding the PCI ID. > > Can the firmware being used here be submitted to the linux-firmware > git tree? I can't say much about the firmware [1] inclusion or the procedure of it into linux-firmware [2]. Maybe, Ben can explain the procedure and what has to be considered before inclusion in linux-firmware. The original firmware and helper images were extracted from a Netgear Windows driver [1]. >From what I read in the OpenWrt forum posting [3]: You wanted to care for inclusion: "Firmware isn't included in the kernel tree anymore, there's the linux-firmware git tree for that these days. I will contact some people at Marvell to ask whether 8361P firmware can be included there." Some more concerns... Dunno, if [4] is really correct and how to use one and same device-id for 8363 ***and*** 8361P: ... { PCI_VDEVICE(MARVELL, 0x2a02), .driver_data = MWL8363, }, ... Curious about a statement from hauke... Adding the device-id in case of 8361P is not enough (see attached patch) I am looking forward to having support for 8361P soon. - Sedat - P.S.: I have re-added Readme and patch as there are new CCs. [1] ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wn311t_4_2_setup.exe [2] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=summary [3] https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=110039#p110039 [4] https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/21167
##### HOWTO: Extract the firmware for the mwl8k Linux WLAN driver ##### ### HELP-1: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=103243#p103243 ### HELP-2: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=110004#p110004 ### THREAD: http://marc.info/?t=133551792600004&r=1&w=2 ### Install some tools to inspect file containing firmware blob sudo apt-get install cabextract unshield ### Working directory mkdir mwl8k cd mwl8k ### Download c-file (extract firmware) and Windows setup file (incl. firmware) mkdir files cd files wget -O mrv8k_extract_fw.c 'http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=126540674419330&q=p3' wget ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/wn311t_4_2_setup.exe ### Extract firmware blob mkdir .tmp ../firmware cabextract -F Disk1/data*.* -d .tmp wn311t_4_2_setup.exe unshield -g Driver -d .tmp x .tmp/Disk1/data1.cab gcc -o mrv8k_extract_fw mrv8k_extract_fw.c ./mrv8k_extract_fw .tmp/Driver/netmw145.sys mv *.fw ../firmware/ rm -r -f .tmp ### Check MD5SUM and rename firmware/helper image files for 8361P/8363 [ Known MD5SUMS for 8361P ] 48c79b085f7f5a590d3dbc15647e519f *fmimage_8XX0.fw 0fe11f415adbbd5e8ca03641705c4a6c *helper_8XX0.fw cd ../firmware md5sum -b *.fw mv fmimage_8XX0.fw fmimage_8361p.fw mv helper_8XX0.fw helper_8361p.fw mv fmimage_8XX1.fw fmimage_8363.fw mv helper_8XX1.fw helper_8363.fw -dileks // 27-Apr-2012
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